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Till Steinforth

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Till Steinforth
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (2002-06-11) 11 June 2002 (age 22)
Magdeburg, Germany [1]
Sport
SportAthletics
EventDecathlon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Decathlon: 8287 (Ratingen, 2024)
Heptathlon: 6338 (Apeldoorn, 2025)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Germany
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Nanjing Heptathlon
European Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Apeldoorn Heptathlon

Till Steinforth (born 11 June 2002) is a German multi-event athlete. He competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the decathlon. He was a bronze medalist at both the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships and the 2025 European Indoor Championships in the heptathlon in March 2025. That month, he set a new German record of 6338 points.[2]

Early life

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From Saxony-Anhalt, he attended University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the United States to study architecture. Steinforth was named the 2024 Nebraska Male Athlete of the Year and the 2024 Indoor Midwest Region Men’s Field Athlete of the Year.[3][4]

Career

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He finished fourth in the heptathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships in March 2023 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[5] He won bronze in the heptathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships in March 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts.[6] In 2024, he became a four-time USTFCCCA First-Team All-American, a three-time Big Ten Champion, and was named the Big Ten Men’s Field Athlete of the Year.[7]

Steinforth achieved a personal best score in the decathlon of 8287 points at the Mehrkampf-Meeting Ratingen in June 2024.[8] He was originally named as an alternate, but was a late entry to compete in the decathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, finishing in 15th place overall.[9][10][11]

On 8 March 2025, he was a bronze medalist in the heptathlon at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, with a new German national record tally of 6338 points.[12][13] He was selected for the heptathlon at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China in March 2025, where he again won the bronze medal.[14][15]

References

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  1. ^ "Till Steinforth". Olympics.com. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Till Steinforth". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  3. ^ "TILL STEINFORTH BECOMES FIRST COMPETITOR TO SURPASS 8,000 POINTS IN DRAKE RELAYS DECATHLON SINCE 1998". Runenrspace. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Nebraska's Steinforth elevated to German Olympic track & field roster". 101how. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  5. ^ "NCAA D1 Indoor Championships 2023 Men's Heptathlon Results". Watch Athletics. 11 March 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  6. ^ "NCAA Division I Indoor Championships". World Athletics. March 7, 2024. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
  7. ^ "Till Steinforth named Big Ten Field Athlete of the Year". 1011now.com. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  8. ^ "Steinforth and Sprengel achieve German double in Ratingen". World Athletics. 23 June 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  9. ^ Henry, Kaleb (Jul 24, 2024). "Nebraska to Be Represented by 14 Huskers in Paris". klin.com. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Newcomer to 13th place after 100 meters - Steinforth third". aussiedlerbote.de. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Men's Decathlon es Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Skotheim sets European heptathlon record in Apeldoorn". World Athletics. 8 March 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  13. ^ Crumley, Euan (Mar 8, 2025). "Jeremiah Azu flies to 60m success in Apeldoorn". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  14. ^ "Acht DLV-Athlet:innen reisen zur Hallen-WM nach Nanjing". Leichtathletik.de. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  15. ^ "Skotheim claims heptathlon gold in Nanjing". World Athletics. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.


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